Mailbox Monday
December 6, 2010
The only reason I look forward to Mondays is because I get to see the books other people got in the mail. Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of The Printed Page and will be hosted by Lady Q of Let Them Read Books for the month of December. (How is it December already?) Here’s what showed up at my doorstep last week:
Monday
- The Playbook by Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn was a win from the Green Books Campaign
Tuesday
- The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey came from Hachette Books
- Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson came from Hachette Books
- Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress came from Hachette Books
- Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna came from Hachette Books
- The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean from Hachette Books
- How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford came from Scholastic Books
- A Secret Kept by Taiana de Rosnay came from Amazon Vine
Thursday
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King came from Random House Children’s Books
What books came into your home last week?
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Lovely mix of books there!
Oh, quite a few of these look fun! I just love a pretty stack of books, waiting to be read. I really do.
I love the way you pile the books up and the stack stays
Another great selection and I hope they turn out to be all winners
Great bunch of books! I can’t wait to hear what you think of PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ!
Can’t wait to hear about Georgia Bottoms!
A Secret Kept sounds good! Enjoy!
Lot of books you got. Hope you like them all. Happy reading!
Here is my Monday: Mailbox/Whereabouts post!
I’ll be interested in your views of A Secret Kept by de Rosnay. Georgia Bottoms has a gorgeous cover that really intrigued me. Enjoy all your new books. Have a great week, Kathy, and happy reading.
I hope you enjoy all of your books. Excellent selections.
I loved Please Ignore Vera Dietz and hope that you like it as well. A lot of these sound like interesting reads, and I will be excited to hear what you think of them. The Secret Lives of Dresses sounds particularly interesting. Enjoy them all!
Oh, you always have such delicious looking stacks! A new Kate Atkinson, woo-hoo! I love her books. They have such interesting titles, too, don’t they?
Thanks for visiting my blog, and I hope you have a great week.
You always get such interesting and new to me books..and authors
Nice big pile there. I haven’t heard of any of these.
Wow…looks like you got a lot of goodies! Enjoy!
There are a few of them here I’d like to get my hands on!
The Secret Lives of Dresses sounds fun.
I feel sorry for your Tuesday mailman, lol!
You got a great selection of books Kathy. I’ll be interested to see if you think A Secret Kept was as good as the things I’ve heard about Sarah’s Key, which I have yet to read.
“Started Early, Took My Dog” has caught my eye a couple of times now! I guess that I must put it on my wish list now.
Enjoy all of your new books- they look fab!
These look so great! Happy reading! My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.
Wow, you got a lot of books this week! Looks like an exciting mailbox. Happy reading!
Tuesday must have felt like an early Christmas for you!
I’m really interested in seeing the Georgia Bottoms reviews as they come out; it looks very good. I also want to get at least one Tatiana de Rosnay book on my TBR shelf! Please ignore Vera Dietz has been getting really good reviews! You had a great mailbox week! Enjoy all of the new reads!
Tiger Hills looks fabulous — look forward to your thoughts on it!
Interesting selection of books you have here
I haven’t read any of them, so I look forward to your reviews
Wow, lots of great-sounding books this week! Enjoy them all!
Wow, you have some great reading ahead. Lucky girl, enjoy.
I received for review Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz from the author.
Twenty-four-year-old Aidin, a wealthy socialite and self-proclaimed “club god,” lives a magazine life based on decadence and excess that includes drugs, sex, and gourmet food. It’s a life based on surfaces in a place where the surface is all that matters. His therapist later describes him as a materialistic drug addict bent on promiscuity with self-esteem and identity issues.One morning, after a night of heavy partying, Aidin awakes completely vacant of any sensation. He can’t feel temperature. He can’t feel pressure. He can’t feel anything. After a near-fatal stint in denial, he seeks the help of Dr. Paradies, a therapist whose methods are far from conventional. She provides him with a new addiction in the form of a life list–a litany of activities to accomplish. As Aidin completes his list, he discovers talents he never knew he possessed, such as the ability to quickly learn new languages, an IQ off the charts, and amazing physical stamina.With these new discoveries, he questions his doctor’s intentions. When Aidin digs for the truth, will he slip back into his addictive habits? Or is there truly a conspiracy underway, as he suspects? The answer forces him to make a life-altering decision.
Oh wow you’ve got lots of books in there I want! The Secret Lives of Dresses sounds awesome – can’t wait for your reviews
Those look great! There are several there that are new to me.
Please Ignore Vera Dietz was ah-may-zing! I hope you enjoy it.
I also have A Secret Kept by Tatiana DeRasnay coming (ordered it). I fell in love with Sarah’s Key, which sits comfortably on my “favorites” shelf. I wonder if A Secret Kept will be up there too?
Looks like some great books Kathy. Enjoy.
I love this eclectic mix of books, I particularly like the sound of: ‘The Linen Queen’, ‘Tiger Hills’ and ‘A Secret Kept’, some great synopses for these titles.
I am not sure how some of you bloggers out there are able to read so many books in a relatively short space of time.
I only manage to get a few minutes each day with a book and it is really frustrating, as my TBR pile, is growing so much faster than I can read them.
I may need to learn speed reading!!!
A wonderful pile of new books! Kate Akinson’s book intrigues me as do many of the others!
Enjoy!
Nice pile! I was looking through your last few MM posts as well – and you sure have got some really must-read titles! Enjoy your books!
The new Atkinson sounds good! Enjoy your new books
Oooohhh…Kate Atkinson!!! Me want!
I bought Vera Dietz a few weeks ago but haven’t read it yet. I can’t wait to read your thoughts on it. Great stack!
Kathy you got some really good books. Can’t wait to hear what you think of Please and How to say goodbye in Robot. Happy Reading
I can’t believe The Linen Queen is coming already – she just published The Yellow House last winter. Can’t wait to read it though. I will look at The Secret lives of Dresses.
Have a great week!
You’re killing me! I just HAD to add three of those books to my list. Yikes … I need to take the Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Course! LOL!!!!!!!
Looks like you had a great week! I’ll keep an eye out for your review of A Secret Kept. I liked Sarah’s Key, so I’m hoping this one is good, too.
We have a couple of books in common this week. I hope you enjoy all of your new reads!
What a great stack. Enjoy!
What happening on Tuesday? Your postal worker must have been tired from holding all of those books! Wow! I hope you enjoy them all.
Oops! I meant what happened on Tuesday. How I hate my typos!
Well, you’ll be busy for awhile!
Hope you enjoy them all.
Natalie :0)
Great mailbox …they look great!
These are new to me. Enjoy! I’ll be looking forward to your reviews.
wow, all the books look really interesting, especially Tiger Hills
Wow, that’s a lot of books for one week. How fast can you read?
Oh! I am so jealous about the Kate Atkinson!!!!!!!
Hee hee, The Playbook. I hope you like it
Kathy…what a great assortment. I’ve been seeing that Secret Life of Dresses book around. Hope u like A Secret Kept more than me
I always look forward to seeing what’s in your mailbox, Kathy! You get the most interesting books. I hope you enjoy them!
OH! I have How to Say Goodbye in Robot and have heard it’s very good! I’m interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Oooh! Hope you get to Vera Dietz soon! Loved it!
I’m listening to A Secret Kept right now and think that it may be a better book to read than listen to. I’ll be interested in your review.
I love the title Started Early, Took My Dog! I also like the synopsis for The Secret Lives of Dresses. Will look forward to both reviews!
You always have one of the better mailboxes. Have a great week.
Sorry it’s taken me so long to visit, it’s been a busy week! All of the books in your box this week are new to me! Thanks for participating in Mailbox Monday! Happy reading! And Go Hokies! Ah, the scent of oranges is in the air…
I still haven’t read any Atkinson. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this one. Enjoy all of your new books!